Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-26

Nottingham Tricycle. club. On his Humber
tricycle. he rode from end to end of England.
He left the Lands End hotel, at Cornwall,
on the Goth, and reached John O'Groat's
house, Caithness, on the Goth. "Distance,
precisely $50 miles exact time, six days,
fifteen hours and twenty-five minutes. De-
1ayed by snow-storms in the Highlands, ten
hours. ."-Boston Commercial.
NATURAL BRIDGEs.-Th Natural Bridge
is always spoken of as if there were but one,
preston. Everybody knows about the
bridge in Rockbridge county, Virginia, but
very few know that there are other natural
bridges in the Republic. Nor is it strange,
for they are in remote, inaccessible neigh
borhoods, very seldom visited and almost
never mentioned in print. One bridge is in
Walker county, Alabama. 1t spans about
l20 feet, is some 20 feet high, and is said to
he fully equal to the famous bridge in Vir-
ginia. In the sandstone that underlies the
coal formation, it is the centre of wildly
romantic region, lofty, precipitous sides of
the same sandstone being visible in the sur
rounding hills. In Christian county, Ken
lucky, is another bridge, having a span of
10 feet and a height of 130. California
boasts offive of these curiosities, the largest
being on a small creek emptying into the
fork of the Trinity river; where vast ledge
of rock crosses the valley. The creek runs
through an arch 20 feet high and 2SO feet
span. Siskiyou county, on Lost river, are
two conglomerate sandstone bridges, so close
that they are often called the Twins. In
Tuolune county, on Coyote creek, are also
two bridges within half a mile of one an
other, some 40 feet high, and having span
of 900 to 800 feet. Thus there are eight nat
ura bridges inall, and probably others that
have not been discovered. York Com
n1ercial AdrertiSer.
INsoMNIA.-Sleep is a positive function,
and not by any means negative fact, as
has been too often supposed. There is nota-
BILE difference between genuine sleep, prop
erly so-called, and the artificial torpor OBJ
tained by the use of narcotics. From phys
biological standpoint, everyone should be able
to command sleep at will and habit has
great influence in this direction. Napoleon
Bonapart possessed this power to a remark
able degree, being able to sleep peacefully
ut any moment and under the most adverse
conditions. And William Gladstone had
the same faculty for many years, but of late
he has complained of insomnia, due proba-
bly,, in his case, to overWork and anXletles,
which have ended by weakening his will
or, at least, there, is some physical cause
triton less docile than formerly to the or
ders of the nervous centre. Be this as it
may, it is matter of regret that physicians
as rule do not attach sufficient Importance
to the fact that "Want of sleep" is an exag-
gerated wakefulness, and it is necessary to
investigate the cause of this condition, and
to examine minutely the relative excita-
bility of al the organs, central or perlpherlc
Medical World.
CLUvERIUs' FUNERAL.-When the re-
mains of Cluverius were taken from Rich
mond on the York River train, the day af-
ter the execution, says the Richmond Dis
patch, they were carried to Romancoke,
which is about one and half mile this
side of where Mattaponi river has to be
crossed to 60 to the residence of Mrs. Iun-
stall's in King and Queen county, which is
two and half miles beyond. A large
number of the friends of the unfortunate
young man and his family met the burial
cortege at the river and escorted it to Mrs.
Tunstall's between l and 9 o'clock that
the family burying ground, beside those
of Mrs. Tunstall's husband, the late Sam
uel Tunstal. Many flowers were placed on
and around the grave, including an elegant
cross. The pastor of the church Of which
the deceased was Il members in his earlier
days, Rev. John B. Warrington, conducted
religious services at the grave. No funeral
sermon was preached but one will be at
an early day. The parents of the deceased
were too unwell to go to the grounds.
The room in the Jail in which Cluverlus
was confined has not been opened, and II
may not be for several days to come.
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THE MOUNTAIN LIONS OF MONTANA
Montana boasts the largest and most fero-
cious specimens of the mountain lion to be
found on the Pacific coast. They are found
in great numbers all through that country,
and their ravages extend so far as to at
tack not only work calves and yearlings on
the ranges, but also sheep, goats, and full
grown steers. The natural home of the an
nal is there. The creatures are SO bold
and have become so numerous that the set
tiers are obliged to wage war of exterml-
nation. The Territory offers bounty of
So for every scalp, and during the winter
the cowboys, having lots of spare time, de-
vote their energies to hunting the lions,
which they find profitable pursuit as we'll
as full of adventure and excitement. Spec
linens are often killed measuring nine feet
from tip to tip and weighing POO to 300
pounds. Many more measuring from ten
to eleven feet are frequently bagged, and
occasionally monster reaching twelve
feet.-CHicdgO ITl0ane.
SLEEP PREVENTIVE OF HEADACHE -
a scientific writer says: Sleep if taken in
the right moment, will prevent an attack
of nervous headache. If the subjects of such
headaches will watch the symptoms OF ITS
coming, they can notice that it begins with
q feeling of weariness or heavlness. Ihls
is the time sleep of an hour, or even two,
as nature guides, will effectually prevent
the headache. If not taken just then, 1t
will be too late, for, after the attack IS falriy
under way, it is impossible to get sleep till
far into the night, perhaps. 1t is so com,
mon in these days for doctors to forbid
having their patients walked to take med
icine, if they are asleep when the hour
comes round, that the people have learned
the lesson pretty we'll, and they generally
know that sleep is better for the sick than
medicine. But it is not so we'll known that
sleep is wonderful preventive OF dis
ease-better than tonic regulators and stlm-
ulants."
MEXICAN RUINs.-The Chihuahua Mex
ico) Enterprise reports the discovery of some
remarkable ancient ruins near Magdalena,
in Sonora. Half way up the hill, which is
about 700 feet high, is layer OF gypsum,
white as snow and easily cut, yet hard
enough to retain its shape after being cut
In it are cut great number of rooms. The
walls and ceilings are plumb, the walls
being about eight feet high. There are
no windows, though the stone is SO white
that the rooms are not dark. Figures cary
ed on the walls show human hands having
five fingers and thumb, and the feet hav-
ing six toes. The rooms are one above